Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 13, 2017 | 09:00 | Common Dolphin | 10 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
North of Niarbyl |
Ian Judd |
| August 13, 2017 | 12:30 | Common Dolphin | 25 | 5 | Leaping | 30 |
Off Port Erin |
Susan jane alexander |
| August 13, 2017 | 16:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 2 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
South of the Sound |
MWDW |
| August 8, 2017 | 11:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 1 |
Sugarloaf |
Port St Mary Boat excurtions |
| August 8, 2017 | 13:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Perwick bay |
Port st Mary boat excurtions |
| August 8, 2017 | 17:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 3 |
Off Ramsey, Mooragh bay |
Pauline Johns and Alan Michael Garrett |
| August 8, 2017 | 13:05 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Bow riding | 15 |
3 miles off Peel |
Stephen Boland |
| August 5, 2017 | 17:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 4 |
Cow harbour Calf of Man |
chris Burton Shona Boat trips |
| August 4, 2017 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 2 |
South Harbour Calf of Man |
chris Burton Shona Boat trips |
| August 4, 2017 | 13:00 | Humpback whale | 1 | 0 | Leaping | 105 |
Niarbyl-West of The Calf |
Andrew McGonnell, Sue and David Griffiths |
| July 29, 2017 | 13:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 1 |
West of the Calf of Man |
MWDW |
| July 25, 2017 | 16:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Port St Mary |
MWDW |
| July 25, 2017 | 19:40 | Common Dolphin | 10 | Fast swim or porpoising | 45 |
W of Sound car park (top) |
Rhona & Robin | |
| July 25, 2017 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 7 | 0 | Normal swimming | 90 |
Port st Mary between callow point and the carrick |
Stuart Marshall |
| July 23, 2017 | 11:05 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Off Langness lighthouse |
Richard and Janice Cooil |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2026 | 19:35 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | North of Niarbyl | Allen Corlett | ||
| May 25, 2026 | 20:05 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Just outside Peel bay | Frazer Morgan | |||
| May 24, 2026 | 19:55 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel, just outside the bay | Kelly Bailie, Cheryl Osbelts, The Crossleys | ||
| May 23, 2026 | 15:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Fleshwick | Casey J Fishing Charters |
| May 5, 2026 | 09:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 2km off Laxey | Shane Stigant | ||
| April 28, 2026 | 13:10 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Port Erin about 1/2 mile west of the green bouy | Richard Wild | ||
| April 25, 2026 | 18:15 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Ramsey bay | Gemma and Tom | |||
| August 5, 2025 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 390 | Port Erin Bay under Bradda Glen Café car park. | Jackie Hall, Breeanna Quine Taylor, Kyle | ||
| July 27, 2025 | 10:45 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Ayres NNR | Ian Bell | ||
| July 5, 2025 | 08:55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Swimming | 2 | Santon head | Barrule |
| June 26, 2025 | 17:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Back of Peel Breakwater | Jo Pickering | |||
| June 25, 2025 | 14:45 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 1 mile off Peel breakwater | Michael Main | |||
| June 25, 2025 | 06:40 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Niarbyl | Matt Blissett | ||
| June 25, 2025 | 09:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Derbyhaven | Mary Brownsdon | |||
| June 24, 2025 | 12:15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | NiarbyL | Marc Hughes |